let's look at the topside of the beltway 695 at providence east. outer loop to the left, everyone is driving pretty well. let's hope it stays that way. one thing to keep in mind, we have the downtown construction west conway street closed between charles and light due to road construction. that will last through the 17th. your alternates include howard street to baltimore or 395 to mlk. detours are posted. back to you guys meg ab. >> thanks -- megan. >> thanks so much. the owner of the pit bull that attacked an elderly woman is taking responsibility for what her dog did. but this morning, it's unclear what happens to the dog and more importantly the woman who was mauled. as sherrie johnson is here to tell you, the family of the woman will speak out today. >> reporter: yes, there will be a news conference today to update us on the victim athena neofitou condition. the pit bull is quarantined for ten days while they decide

whether to euthanize him. on friday the 78-year-old woman was attacked by the pit bull outside her home. she is in the icu at bayview medical center. doctors had to do major reconstruction after the dog ripped her lip and a huge part of her face. animal behaviorist says no matter the breed, pets need to release energy or it could mean trouble especially for pit bulls. a veterinarian will do every day exercise was unfamiliar people like petting, walking, restraining on a leash to determine if the dog returns home or has to be euthanized. >> i think there's a lot more humane ways to teach a dog not to run out your door. you can do that in a couple minutes with obedience training. >> reporter: the owner received 3 citations for not keeping the dog on a leash and not having records of vaccination and not having a pet license. it add up to about $550 and once again, we will learn more information at a news conference later this morning.

sherrie johnson, abc2 news. all right. so far no charges have been filed against a father who police say admitted to shooting and killing a pit bull in his neighborhood. this happened sunday morning on oriole court in severn. detectives say that the man's dog was unleashed when it got into a fight with another pit bull that was on a leash. the father came out and ended up shooting the other dog to stop him from fighting that dog and that dog later died. animal control has the other pit bull. today, defense continues in the case of the baltimore city police office are accused of cigkilling a marine. the officer is accused of shooting tyrone brown outside a mount vernon bar last summer. the defense insist tshamba shot in self-definances but the state says brown was shot multiple times he's was retreating. no jury in the case. final judgment is going to be hand down by a judge. take a look at this picture because baltimore county police need your help tracking down this guy.

23-year-old ronald preston climbed through a window allegedly, attempting to sexually assault a woman. when she woke up, it happened in white march be in april. anyone with information should contact metro crime stoppers at 866-7-lockup. people who live in harford in cecil county says the toll increase proposal targets them and they say it's not fair. the hatem bridge carries route 40 over the susquehanna river and the toll is $5. just like i-95. but the hatem bridge use a decal system. regular users pay $10 a year for the dekale -- decal giving them unlimited trips. and the maryland transportation authority's proposed plan would eliminate that system and drivers would have to sign up for ez pass unlimited transportation across the bridge costing $36 a year. -- transportation across the bridge costing $356 a year.

>> for the most part, people in havre de grace and cecil county don't use i-95. they don't have ez pass. this is the way it's been forever. >> officials with the maryland transportation authority will listen to suggestions on propose -- proposals but senator jacobs says if they won't complaining the plan, she will support a lawsuit again the authority and the state the mtba is holding nine public hearings before they take a final vote. this is your chance to weigh in. two of the meetings will focus on the hatem bridge plan. and those are set for june 16th at perryville high school and june 27th at havre de grace activity center but there are other meetings. if you want a list of the times and dates and location, head to abc2news.com. so it was scheduled to roll through yesterday, but delays kept the miracle plane that splash landed in new york's hudson river moving at a slower

pace than expected but can you go much slower than 7 miles an hour? >> i can't imagine. >> can't imagine. can you? we dispatched abc2's linda so to track down the plane and she is live this morning letting us know where it is. and it shouldn't be too hard. it's a 100 foot long plane right? >> reporter: well, actually, it's 120 feet long. you off by 20. the plane is here somewhere. we all want to know this morning where it is. it's somewhere near the tolls here in perryville and they took it to a secluded location yesterday away from the gawkers because you can only imagine what plane like this, the attention it's getting. eye crossed the delaware memorial -- it crossed the delaware memorial bridge and made it to perryville and stopped for the night at the weigh station in perryville. than they took it off to the secluded location. but they will hit the road this morning again and you will be able to see it hopefully later this morning. it's not every day you see something like this, a 120 foot

plane flying along on the highway. and this is not just any plane. it's the famous one that made the miracle landing on hudson. all 155 passengers on the plane made it out safely. the plane is now heading to the phonal destination in aviation museum in charlotte, north carolina. it left -- final destination at an aviation museum in charlotte north carolina. hundreds came out to catch a glimpse of the rare sight. >> it's like a train. if you never seen a train wreck or anything like that, it's the same thing or a boat. they said queen mary was coming down delaware and we missed it by a few hours. >> reporter: so get your cameras ready. look out in your rear view mirror if you are heading to work, because there's a chance you can catch the plane. it will hit the road after the morning rush hour. head down i-95 and it's in perryville and will head down i-

95 and on to the beltway 695 and onto i-70 and interstate 68 making its way to charlotteville. hopefully getting there by the end of the week. we are live in perryville, linda so, abc2 news. >> all right, clearly she has a very well laid out plan for that plane's trek and she showed us how to hide a 10 foot plane? in the woods. you can follow the progress of the plane at abc2news.com. the story is on the slide show. now to follow map, you -- follow that map scroll down to the end of the story and click on the link that follows the plane when it gets ready to leave. >> sit is one of the things that's cool to see but not so cool to be behind. >> you want to see it to say you saw it but you want your life to go back to normal. you are going to change your scheduled because you don't want to be on 95. >> i don't want to be behind a plane going 7 miles per hour. but i would love to see it. cleanup continues in springfield, massachusetts

where the tornadoes left a huge a damage. >> the surveillance video of one of the tornadoes that touched down in the state. officials in ocean city want you to come down to the shore this summer. we will explain what that is all about. you are watching "good morning maryland" first and only at 4:30 in the morning.

11 minutes after 5. a unique look at the tornado that ripped through springfield, massachusetts last week. these pictures are from a surveillance camera at a car wash. you can see the winds started to pick up and throw the debris around. it's amazing images. we will keep seeing them as the days go by. as we go to lynette with a check of your forecast, i wanted to ask about this. remember back to joplin and tuscaloosa and springfield, we getting a lot of great video of the storms. television stations are doing a better job of tracking them and giving you visuals of them as they come through. lynette are you noticing that? >> yes. i am noticing that. as a matter of fact, i wanted

to tell you i think i want to be a tornado chaser. i really do. i love the weather. and i really think that is interesting. i don't like fact that the devastation that it does, but i like the fact of the tornado chasing and hurricane hunter since we are in hurricane season. let's talk about what's going on right now. maryland's most powerful radar not picking up on a whole lot. we should stay dry for the most part going throughout the day. i will monitor the situation coming off lake heron in a few minutes. but the temperature in elkton is at 63. and we are at 67 in millersville and 60 de-- or 67 to annapolis and millersville coming in at 60 degrees. as we check your forecast hour by hour today, as we go into lunchtime, 86. if you take the warmer temperatures you can eat the lunch outdoors and by # p.m., the temperatures come in around 90. we might see a little more haze in the sky today because we do have the air quality alert. we have a code orange and that means that it is unhealthy for sensitive groups and if you

have asthma or lung disease or heart disease or elderly limit your outdoor activities. okay. let's send it over to tonya with your traffic. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are doing great out there traffic wise. no problems to report 95 southbound out of white marsh or on 70 coming in towards the city. let's look at 895 just south of o'donnell. we are starting to get traffic out there. that's northbound to the right of your screen. and southbound on the left but no issues to report. that's a good sign. we have construction to tell you about of course west pratt street between green and light. alternates are 395 to howard and use mulberry or baltimore and minor disruptions on local bus routes due to downtown construction. charley. >> thanks. you know it could pay to take a vacation to ocean city this summer. city leaders are work on proa promotion to give away $100,000 in free gas. the details are being finalized. usa today had a story about this a couple weeks ago. so, we will keep you updated as the information on this idea becomes available.

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now "good morning maryland." it's 17 minutes after five. thanks for joining us. parents there are steps you can take to help your kids when they are hint wheel stay safe. you may not know it but one of the most dangerous times the year for teen drivers is the summer. aaa says 7 of the top ten deadliest days of the year are between memorial and labor days. you wonder what can i do? amount aa recommend -- aa recommends parents doesn't allow trips without a purpose and cut down on driving and set rules for the number of passengers in the car when they are. and they say set limits for how long your teen can be in the car. >> so a word of warning to you as you head out this summer driving season, the marylandtransportation authority and police there say they are targeting aggressive driving. you will see a boost in enforcement in four waves one begins this week. it's part of the smooth

operator program involving law enforcement agencies in neighbors states, maryland, pennsylvania, virginia and the district of columbia. you have to check out this video. this video is new and pretty amazing. pictures just released by the u.s. geological survey showing activity at a volcano. it's awesome isn't it? so you can see the stream of lava flowing down creating a lake of sorts. but pretty incredible video. lynette that's for you. >> that's beautiful i love it. not -- that's beautiful i love it. >> now maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most being a ret by weatherate. >> thanks. i love that picture. not the fact it's in hawaii butit was beautiful. so speak of beautiful, yesterday, it was beautiful. our temperature came in right around 86 degrees. yes, it's little above average but the humidity was not too bad. now for today, i can't say that humidity will start to move in more and by tomorrow, oh, yeah,

we will feel it. but 88 degrees yesterday in richmond. close to 90 degrees. but basically 80sy where. new york around 82 and philly coming in right around 83. our temperatures right now, 62 degrees in baltimore. and 6 # in richmond and norfolk coming in around 66. altuna at 62 right now. and pittsburgh at 67. so, we will talk about the dew points because this is going to be very important especially going through the next several days. so right now we are looking at a dew point at around 60 at the inner harbor. getting into the 60s you can feel it out there. and we are looking at 50s though the further back towards the east that you go or west rather that you go. 55 in hagerstown and york. now this is going to change. it will pick up more going throughout the day and especially tomorrow. dew points the measure of the moisture in the air and the higher they are the more humid it feels. the satellite and radar not picking up on a whole lot a few clouds trying to get a little bit closer to us. but all in all, we are going

see lots of sunshine out there today. mostly sunny to partly cloudy. watching this system, as it moves out of lake heron trying to get closer to us. we will see if we get affected by that going throughout the day. but not everybody will get wet. it won't be a washout by any means if it happens. high pressure trying to sag to the south. and we have an upper level ridge and that's the one that's going to really pump in the heat and humidity as we go through the next several days. we are looking at some hot weather coming up. right now, today, i am forecasting around 90. we have plenty of sunshine in the offing and also we have a poor air quality and a code orange. tonight, that temperature coming in around 68a few cloud and it will be balmy outside. 96 for tomorrow. and it will be hot and humid and that heat index coming in right around 100 degrees. yes. let's talk about traffic now. here iston yeah. good morning. >> reporter: good morning --ton -- here is tonya good morning. >> reporter: good morning.

we have minor disruptions on bus lines going through downtown. let's look at the beltway to see how we are doing on the southwest side. no problems. lanes are opened on 695 at wilkins. that's the outer loop to the left. a little heavier than the inner loop on the right. incoming track on the main lines doing well. 795, 95 on both sides of town we are doing okay there as well. don't forget that construction on conway between charles and light. conway is closed. megan. >> thanks. entertainment news this morning, if you suffering from oprah withdrawal this may be help. abc announced katie cure like produce and host a daytime talk -- couric will produce and host a daytime talk show. it will be based in new york. cure like join the abc news team contributing across all broadcast and online as well. and chanca chance to buy michael jackson's -- and a chance to buy michael jackson's memorabilia. remember the jacket worn in thriller?

it's being auctioned off andsome say it could net between 200,000 dollars. >> i bet people pay a lot for that. >> yeah. a portion poo of proceed goes to -- portion of the proceed goes to the home of his two bengal tigers. we will see if you show up in the jacket. >> right. >> if not i am getting you an imitation. >> lynette is embarrassed for me. >> maybe a little bit. do you need to eat healthier but think it cost too much? >> the f-da says it may not be as expensive as you think and offers advice how to afford "ñthe. the console that could provide all the entertainment you need. you are watching "good morning maryland" first and only at #:30.

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getting more balanced diet be a it involves a -- dieth and it involves a lot of fruit and vegetables. it may sound he can pensive but it's not so according to the deputy secretary of agriculture. you can actually save money by doing this she says. >> we know that in this country, on average, fama family of four spend about 185 dollars a week on groceries. if you follow a healthy diet plan, as we propose, you can bring the cost down to $175. >> look for some advice they say buy vegetables in season frozen and caned is okay and if you plan to hit the super mark, of course you can always plan a guard -- plant a garden in your backyard or your roof top. so microsoft unveil the all new -- on your roof? >> on the roof top absolutely. >> probably rules against that. >> we will see. >> it's the xbox 306 featuring live television and games and no word on what tv networks may

be part of it. maybe the gardening channel. there you g all part of microsoft. it's all part of the video game console. >> everybody has a back -- not everybody has a backyard. >> but most people don't like you -- let you go on the roof. >> i am plapting a garden and you will come over for -- implanting a garden and you can come over for tomatoes. stay with us. a bus driver is in trouble following an incident that allegedly happened with a student on her bus. >> what the driver is accused of doing and it has her facing two misdemeanor charges. a piggy caused a major traffic mess and a reporter was able to get it back on the road. >> you know what that is is. >> what? >> a pig in a blanket. >> it is. but first we will head up to new york for this morning's tech bites. >> reporter: in today's tech bites apple launched i cloud. steve jobs says it will sync music books and apps on all the device i-phones, i-pads and

computers and previewed operating system for mobile devices and macintosh. military action games are dominating the expo. the core market young males are strong and casual gamers cut back spending as the economy cooled. four classic nintendo games are rereleased for it. one of them is the legend of zelda twilight princess which rachel fedderson says should appeal to tans teen and parents. >> possible parents play an incarnation of the game when it was first released and they want to enjoy it with their kids now. >> reporter: the game retail for $20 a piece. i am daniel sie beavering, those -- sieberg, and those are your tech bites.